• Microsoft v. United States, 14-2985

    Publication Date: 2017-01-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, C.J., Acobs, Cabranes, Pooler, Raggi, Hall, Livingston, Chin, Lohier, Jr., Carney, Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Microsoft Corporation: Robert M. Loeb and Brian P. Goldman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Guy Petrillo, Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, NY; James M. Garland and Alexander A. Berengaut, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC; Bradford L. Smith, David M. Howard, John Frank, Jonathan Palmer, and Nathaniel Jones, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA; on the brief, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
    for defendant: For Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York: Serrin Turner, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, American Civil Liberties Union, The Constitution Project, and Electronic Frontier Foundation, in support of Appellant, Brett J. Williamson, David K. Lukmire, Nate Asher, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Faiza Patel, Michael Price, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY; Hanni Fakhoury, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Alex Abdo, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Apple, Inc., in support of Appellant: Kenneth M. Dreifach, Marc J. Zwillinger, Zwillgen PLLC, New York, NY and Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae BSA | The Software Alliance, Center for Democracy and Technology, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, The National Association of Manufacturers, and ACT | The App Association, in support of Appellant: Andrew J. Pincus, Paul W. Hughes, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Anthony J. Colangelo, in support of Appellant: Steven A. Engel, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae AT&T Corp., Rackspace US, Inc., Computer & Communications Industry Association, i2 Coalition, and Application Developers Alliance, in support of Appellant: Alan C. Raul, Kwaku A. Akowuah, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Ireland: Peter D. Stergios, Charles D. Ray, McCarter & English, LLP, New York, NY and Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae Amazon.com, Inc., and Accenture PLC, in support of Appellant: Peter Karanjia, Eric J. Feder, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Verizon Communications, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., eBay Inc., Salesforce.com, Inc., and Infor, in support of Appellant: Michael Vatis, Jeffrey A. Novack, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, NY; Randal S. Milch, Verizon Communications Inc., New York, NY; Kristofor T. Henning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wayne, PA; Amy Weaver, Daniel Reed, Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Orin Snyder, Thomas G. Hungar, Alexander H. Southwell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Mark Chandler, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA; Aaron Johnson, eBay Inc., San Jose, CA. For Amici Curiae Media Organizations, in support of Appellant: Laura R. Handman, Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Computer and Data Science Experts, in support of Appellant: Philip Warrick, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR. For Amicus Curiae Jan Philipp Albrecht, Member of the European Parliament, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Digital Rights Ireland Limited, National Council for Civil Liberties, and The Open Rights Group, in support of Appellant: Owen C. Pell, Ian S. Forrester, Q.C., Paige C. Spencer, White & Case, New York, NY; Edward McGarr, Simon McGarr, Dervila McGirr, McGarr Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland.

    Case Number: 14-2985

    Cite as: Microsoft v. US, 14-2985, NYLJ 1202777615376, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 24, 2017)CASE NAMEMicrosoft Corporation, Appellant v. United States of Am

  • San Jose Unified School District v. Santa Clara County Office of Education (Rocketship Education)

    Publication Date: 2017-01-25
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Date Filed: 2017-01-24
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs, and Respondents: San Jose Unified School District et al., John Yeh, Amy Eileen Hoyt, Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Christopher E. Schumb, Law Offices of Christopher Schumb
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Appellant: SANTA Clara County Office of Education et al., Andrew Scully Oelz, Akin Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld

    Case Number: No. H041088

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 728 SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Plaintiffs and Respondent

  • Alaska Airlines Inc. v. Schurke

    Publication Date: 2017-01-25
    Practice Area: Labor Law | Employment Litigation | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-01-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: James L. Robart, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Andrew Hutcheson (argued) and Rebecca Francis, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: James Paul Mills (argued), Tacoma, Washington, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 13-35574

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 693 ALASKA AIRLINES INC., an Alaska corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant,

  • Restivo v. Estate of Joseph Volpe, 14-4662-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-01-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Attorney Rates and Arrangements
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler, Parker, Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Alexandra Lampert, on the brief, Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Peter J. Tomao, on the brief, Richard M. Langone, Garden City, NY.

    Case Number: 14-4662-cv

    Cite as: Restivo v. Volpe, 14-4662-cv, NYLJ 1202777381087, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 19, 2017)CASE NAMEJohn Restivo, Dennis Halstead, Plaintiffs-Appell

  • Restivo v. Hessemann, 14-4662-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-01-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler, Parker, Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Alexandra Lampert, on the brief, Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Peter J. Tomao, on the brief, Richard M. Langone, Garden City, NY.

    Case Number: 14-4662-cv

    Cite as: Restivo v. Hessemann, 14-4662-cv, NYLJ 1202777381207, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 19, 2017) CASE NAME John Restivo, Dennis Halstead, Plaintiffs-Appell

  • January 19, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

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  • People v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2017-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-01-17
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and David E. Madeo, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Charlotte E. Costan, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Jarrod Williams.

    Case Number: No. B259659

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 448 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JARROD WILLIAMS e

  • Okafor v. United States

    Publication Date: 2017-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-01-13
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Laurel D. Beeler, Magistrate Judge, Presiding Before: A. Wallace Tashima and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward M. Burch (argued) and David M. Michael, Law Offices of David M. Michael, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Anne M. Voights (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Barbara J. Valliere, Chief, Appellate Division; Melinda Haag, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 14-17087

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 309 CHIKE OKAFOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES OF AM

  • January 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

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